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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Five-time Emmy winner Jim Parsons, also widely known
as Sheldon from the hit television sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” stars as the
voice of a purple alien called Oh, in the delightful and colourful family film,
“Home,” from DreamWorks Animation.

Oh’s
race, the Boov are looking for a new home. They invade Earth, take over the
planet and dispatch all the humans to a far-flung community. But Oh, who is
quite different from the other Boov, makes a big mistake that could lead to an
intergalactic catastrophe. Hiding out from the rest of his species, led by the
weak and vain Captain Smek (Steve Martin), Oh encounters Tip (Rihanna), the
last human girl on Earth. She has avoided capture but is separated from her
mother Lucy (Jennifer Lopez). Both are on the run, team up and embark on a
thrilling road trip … in a bright red flying car!

“Home”
takes Oh, Tip – and the audience – on a worldwide journey, from the United
States to France to China, and finally to Australia. It’s an epic expedition
encompassing millions of Boovian spaceships, and technology that switches off
gravity across the entire planet. An
enormous Gorg mothership also lends impressive scale. “The goal from the start
was to make HOME a big global adventure,” says director Tim Johnson.

“Tip
is hostile toward Oh, but as they embark on a global journey, they realize they
have more and more in common,” adds Jim Parsons, who voices Oh. “You never know where, and with whom, you’re
going to find friendship,” continues the Emmy® winning star of the long-running
series The Big Bang. “Making lasting
friendships with people – or visitors from afar – who couldn’t be more
different from you, and with whom you’d never expect to connect, is not only
possible, it’s necessary.”

Oh
and Tip are an intergalactic odd couple of friends. “They’re from two very different worlds and
couldn’t be less alike,” says global music star and seven-time Grammy® winner
Rihanna, who voices Tip. “But they
slowly discover common ground and become amazing friends.”

“The
Boov are unilateral,” Parsons adds.
“They’re all of one mind.
Initially, Oh believes in that philosophy and he’s really enthusiastic
about being the best Boov he can be. But
unlike the rest of them, Oh wants to have a good time.”

Parsons
makes his animated feature debut in “Home.”
The classically trained actor embraced the challenges of working in the
genre. “It’s the most interesting
‘playtime’ I’ve ever had as an actor,” he explains. “It feels like you’re going down a mysterious
but joyful black hole, where you’re alone with the character. Once you relax, it’s really fun to see what
happens. I never left the recording
studio without being a sweaty mess!”

“Home”
(2D and 3D)opens in cinemas this March 26 nationwide from DreamWorks Animation
and 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.